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How Schiaparelli Reimagined the Fashion Photograph

Beyond her innovations in Surrealist dress, Elsa Schiaparelli was perhaps the first designer to fully grasp how the camera could extend and refine the visual language of couture.

How Awol Erizku Is Building a Visual Multiverse

In this interview from his Aperture monograph, the artist speaks about his entry into photography and the collective legacies of Blackness.

How Lee Miller Out-Surrealed the Surrealists

An artist, muse, fearless war correspondent, and professional chef, Miller looked at the world with a flair for drama—and an eye for the unexpected.
Emila Medková, Untitled, Shadowplays, 1949

The Subversive Dream Logic of Emila Medková’s Photographs

The Soviet-era Czech Surrealist responded to totalitarian rule with an austere but rebellious sense of humor.

Introducing: KangHee Kim

Unable to leave the United States due to visa restrictions, this South Korean photographer makes images of surreal escapism.

The Subversive Fantasies of Ren Hang (1987–2017)

Aperture remembers the surprising, defiant work of the Chinese photographer, whose playful vision cleverly pushed the limits of self expression.

Jeff Wall and Lucas Blalock: A Conversation on Pictures

Jeff Wall speaks with Lucas Blalock about the current state of the medium, his recent work, and the freedom of the artist.

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Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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